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Smallholders ’ Partnerships in the Brazilian Amazon : Civil , public and private sectors

@inproceedings{Futemma2016SmallholdersP,
  title={Smallholders ’ Partnerships in the Brazilian Amazon : Civil , public and private sectors},
  author={C{\'e}lia Futemma and Fabio de Castro and Eduardo S Brond{\'i}zio},
  year={2016}
}
Brazilian smallholders are seeking new types of partnerships and economic opportunities amid a changing world. Market opportunities, however, have incurred demanding environmental, financial and labour requirements and created trade-offs between expanding cash crops and maintaining livelihood security. We analyze the ToméAçu region in the Brazilian Amazon, a region that has pioneered partnerships between smallholders and industries. Partnership strategies have been important to increase the… 
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